Thermal imaging shows where bad insulation hikes carbon emissions ivansmuk/Getty
WINTER is coming to the north. If you live in those climes, chances are you have already switched on your heating. Chances are, too, that your heating burns fossil fuels. If the world is to meet its climate goal of zero net carbon emissions by mid-century, that needs to change – and change fast. “We are two boiler replacements away from 2050,” says researcher Lukas Bergmann of consultancy firm Delta Energy & Environment.
It is a huge challenge. In the UK, for example, 85 per cent of homes use natural gas for…
